Polyconflicts are intersectional in the most destructive sense of the word. Like water under pressure they find a society's oldest fault lines. That's why geoeconomic shocks land hardest on rural women.
How the word moved
I coined it in March 2026 in the firewood essay and repeated it in the India essay soon after. The rights I ask for there are plain ones.
In my words
"Polyconflicts are intersectional in the most destructive sense of the word."
from Polyconflict #4: Firewood and the Gendered Nature of Polyconflict, 27 Mar 2026
"a right to breathe, a right to time, and a right to health."
from Polyconflict #4: Firewood and the Gendered Nature of Polyconflict, 27 Mar 2026
Related
- Related Polyconflict - it's a property of polyconflicts.
- Related Three Metabolisms - the bodily metabolism absorbs the cost.
- Related Metabolic Sovereignty - which is why I say it matters more than ever.
- Related Metabolic Pyramid - the burdens follow inequality that's already there.
Still open
Some readers take this as an argument against identity without metabolism. I didn't put it that way in the essay, so treat that reading as theirs.